1396 William Tilthe or Tylthe was named as a legatee and executor in the will of John de Beggebury [Bedgebury] of Cranbrook. The will was written on August 13 and proved the same year on October 10. [1] "To W[illia]m Tilthe, 20 s. ... Exec[utor]s W[illia]m Savage, vicar of Cranbrook, my mother Joan, Nich[olas] Patynden, W[illia]m Tylthe, and to them the residue of my goods."
1406-1407 or 1417-1424 Plaintiffs William Leon and Paulyn Marchaunt, executors of John Standen, of Rye, sued defendants William atte Tylthe and Agnes his wife, of Kent in the parish of Cranbrook, in the Court of Chancery concerning money matters, Kent. [2] [3]
1422 In the Court of Common Pleas in Easter term, plaintiff Walter Chertesey, citizen and draper of London, sued William Tylthe, gentleman of Cranbrook, Kent. Walter Chertesey claimed that William Tylthe owed him £4 17d per a bond. He claimed damages at £4. The bond, dated at St Mary Abchurch, Candlewick Street Ward, London on 12 May 1420 and due 25 December 1420, was shown in court. William Tylthe sought licence to imparl as far as Trinity term 1422. Four pledges were named for the defendant: Adam Bekynden, gentleman of Cranbrook, Kent, John Hoigge, gentleman of Frittenden, Kent, John Hore, gentleman of Brasted, Kent, and William Gilderigge, gentleman, of Herstmonceux, Sussed. [4]
1426-1432 Plaintiffs Walter Coulpepir and Agnes his wife, late the wife of John, son of John de Beggebury, and Thomas Chaundeler, chaplain, sued defendants Robert Walter and William Leeke concerning messuages and land in Goudhurst (Goutherst), Cranbrook, and Hawkhurst, enfeoffed by John, son of Roger Beggebury, Kent. [5] [6] This Chancery case indicates that the 1396 testator was the son of Roger and Joan Bedgebury and that his father Roger had a brother John Bedgebury. The case also suggests that William Tylthe, the executor and feoffee of the 1396 testator, had died by the time of the lawsuit.
Research Notes:
If the William Tilthe named in the 1396 will of John Bedgebury died by 1426-1432, then some or all of the records below may pertain to a second William Tilthe.
1407-1456 Plaintiff John Excester, of co. Kent, great-grandson of John Barrok, sued defendants Hugh H..., William Tylthe, James Lowes, etc. in the Court of Chancery concerning the manors of Barrok and Smeeth, and lands, etc in St Marychurch, Hope, Hope All Saints (Allehaloghenhope), and elsewhere, Kent. [7] [8]
1407-1456 Plaintiff John Excestre sued defendant William de Tylthe, of Cranbrook, executor of Hugh Tyece, in the Court of Chancery concerning detention of muniments, etc concerning lands (unspecified), Kent. [9] [10]
Probably 1404-1407, 1413-1417, or 1424-1426 Plaintiff John Harston, chaplain, sued defendant William Tilthe, constable of Barclay (Badekelegh) hundred, concerning bond to find sureties for the peace. [11] [12]
1435-1436 Plaintiff Adam Beggynden sued defendants William Tylthe, John Menge (or Benge) of Horsemonden, and James Beggynden in the Court of Chancery concerning lands, etc in Cranbrook, Kent. [13] [14]
1386-1486 Plaintiff William Tilthe, bedeman, sued defendant Harry Typyngdene, feoffee to uses, regarding land in Cranbroke and Bydyndene, Kent.WIlliam's other feoffees included Robert Idene, John Pelle, and John Wynchyndene. [15] [16]
1407-1456 Plaintiff William Penbrigge, skinner of London, executor of William Tilthe, of Cranbrook, sued defendant John Pelle, of Biddenden, in the Court of Chancery concerning detention of testator's goods. [17] [18]
There was also a Thomas Tilthe.
1416 Reynold Dreylond of Selling and John Dreylond of Faversham executed a bond to Thomas Tylthe and John Stace for the payment of money, Kent, 4 Hen. V. [20 March 1415/16-19 March 1416/17]. [19]
[1] Jules de Launay, ed., Abstracts of Cranbrook Wills Proved in the Diocesan Courts of Canterbury, 1396–1640 (Canterbury: Kent Record Collections, 1984), 394-395.
[2] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, Chancery pleadings addressed to the Bishop of Durham as Lord Chancellor, C 1/4/86, [UKNationalArchives].
[3] Court of Chancery, C1, The National Archives, UK, Anglo-American Legal Tradition, University of Houston, [AALTImage].
[4] Court of Common Pleas: the National Archives, Cp40 1399-1500, (Centre for Metropolitan History, London, 2010), CP 40/645, rot. 261, [BritishHistoryOnline].
[5] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, Chancery pleadings addressed to the Archbishop of York as Lord Chancellor, probably dated from 1426-1432, possibly dated from 1391-1396, or 1450-1452, C 1/7/38, [UKNationalArchives].
[6] Court of Chancery, C1, The National Archives, UK, Anglo-American Legal Tradition, University of Houston, [AALTImage].
[7] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, Chancery pleadings addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury as Lord Chancellor [Various dates between 1407 and 1456], C 1/16/9, [UKNationalArchives].
[8] Court of Chancery, C1, The National Archives, UK, Anglo-American Legal Tradition, University of Houston, [AALTImage].
[9] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, Chancery pleadings addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury as Lord Chancellor [Various dates between 1407 and 1456], C 1/16/98, [UKNationalArchives].
[10] Court of Chancery, C1, The National Archives, UK, Anglo-American Legal Tradition, University of Houston, [AALTImage].
[11] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, Chancery pleadings mainly addressed to the Bishop of Winchester as Lord Chancellor which could date from 1389-1391, 1404-1405, 1424-1426 or possibly 1456-1460, C 1/6/292, [UKNationalArchives].
[12] Court of Chancery, C1, The National Archives, UK, Anglo-American Legal Tradition, University of Houston, [AALTImage].
[13] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, Chancery pleadings addressed to the Bishop of Bath and Wells as Lord Chancellor, C 1/11/353, [UKNationalArchives].
[14] Court of Chancery, C1, The National Archives, UK, Anglo-American Legal Tradition, University of Houston, [AALTImage].
[15] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, Chancery pleadings in English, addressed to the Lord Chancellor (with no further identification of which Lord Chancellor), C 1/74/22, [UKNationalArchives].
[16] Court of Chancery, C1, The National Archives, UK, Anglo-American Legal Tradition, University of Houston, [AALTImage].
[17] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, Chancery pleadings addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury as Lord Chancellor [Various dates between 1407 and 1456], C 1/16/208, [UKNationalArchives].
[18] Court of Chancery, C1, The National Archives, UK, Anglo-American Legal Tradition, University of Houston, [AALTImage].
[19] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Ancient Deeds, Series D, E 210/5085, [UKNationalArchives].